Troopers Will Ticket You For Seat Belt Law Violations Starting Monday!
On Monday (May 18, 2015) the Ohio State Highway Patrol will begin a seat belt law enforcement blitz targeting drivers and passengers who are not buckled up. The seat belt crackdown is part of the national Click It or Ticket campaign.What makes this an interesting push by troopers is Ohio's seatbelt law (O.R.C. 4513.263 ) is a secondary offense, meaning that a trooper has to have another reason for pulling you over. Primary seat belt laws allow law enforcement officers to ticket a driver or passenger for not wearing a seat belt,...

Just as the swallows return every year to the Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, so to does the return spring bring us "Click -it or Ticket." Click It or Ticket is a nationwide seat belt enforcement campaign aimed at reducing the number of highway fatalities and injuries due to non-seat-belt use. The mobilization is conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in conjunction with law enforcement agencies, State Highway Safety Offices, and traffic safety advocates. This year the Click-it-or-Ticket kick-off will be at Dayton's Dragon Stadium at 220 N Patterson Blvd, May 14, 2012. The Montgomery...

If you have not already seen the commercials, the approach of the Memorial Day weekend signals the return of the "Click It or Ticket" program across the fruited plains. From May 23 through June 5, law enforcement in communities across the country will be out in force reminding motorists to “Click It or Ticket.” More than 900 law enforcement partners around Ohio, including the Ohio State Highway Patrol, will be aggressively enforcing the law during the mobilization. The Ohio State Highway Patrol will also be aggressively enforcing DUI laws during this period.
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